Live-in migrant home care workers in Germany: Stressors and resilience factors

ABSTRACT:

Background

Thousands of Eastern Europeans find employment caring for older individuals as transmigrating live-in home care workers in private households in Germany. Studies have shown that the stressors threatening their well-being are multifaceted and include inequalities and a high practical and emotional workload, but research on protective factors is still scarce.

Aim & methods

This qualitative descriptive study focuses on both the stressors and factors that promote care workers’ well-being and contribute to their psychological resilience. In guideline-based interviews, 14 female and one male care workers were asked about their stressors and the factors that help them cope.

Results

Identified stressors included separation from their own family, strained relat

SUBMITTER: Kriegsmann-Rabe M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10032493 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature